Journal article

Early Signs of Exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Asians

Mariko Sasaki, Ryo Kawasaki, Atsuro Uchida, Takashi Koto, Hajime Shinoda, Kazuo Tsubota, Tien Yin Wong, Yoko Ozawa

OPTOMETRY AND VISION SCIENCE | LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS | Published : 2014

Abstract

PURPOSE: To investigate the relationship between the early signs of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and the risk of developing exudative AMD (typical AMD or polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy [PCV]) in the fellow eye of Japanese patients with unilateral exudative AMD, focusing particularly on eyes with only pigmentary abnormality. METHODS: This study is a retrospective observational consecutive case series. We retrospectively reviewed the medical charts of patients who revisited the AMD clinic from 2010 to 2011 and confirmed 129 cases with unilateral exudative AMD at their first visit (baseline). The non-affected eyes at baseline (the second eye) were categorized by the presence of ear..

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